Figure descriptions
The poem title, “JANUARY”, is formed from snow. A crowd of boys and men gather around
the letters to have a snow ball fight.
They gather and throw snow balls. The letters are approximately four times the height
of the surrounding figures. In the background,
multiple figures build a snowman. At the right side of the illustration, a man skates
on a frozen body of water. There are buildings
and trees in the distant background. Mistletoe grows in the bottom-right corner of
the illustration, and tangled branches are piled
in the bottom-left corner of the illustration. The numbers “1866” are formed from
ice and hang from the branches. Small branches
form a partial figurative border around the bottom-right corner of the illustration.
1/2-page illustration contained within a
single-ruled border.
